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Apply for a Vehicle Export Certificate

This service enables you to issue a vehicle export certificate to export a vehicle outside the UAE with or without export plates.

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Eligibility
Individual customers, citizens and residents, and companies are eligible to apply for this service.
Required documents

For individuals

  1. Vehicle's documents: Vehicle Clearance Certificate (VCC) or reference number of the electronic Transfer Certificate or electronic Possession Certificate or electronic Change of Possession Certificate or Export certificate in case of re-exporting the vehicle
  2. Original Emirates ID
  3. Vehicle's plates to hand over
  4. Report from the police if 1 or both plates were lost and if the plate number of the motorcycle was lost
  5. Vehicle technical inspection in case of an expired licence or a non-licensed vehicle or if the customer requests export plates.
  6. Electronic redemption of the mortgage from the mortgagee in case of a mortgaged vehicle
  7. New insurance to issue export plates, if the customer requests the exportation of vehicle under the name of another owner
  8. Vehicle insurance: export insurance valid for 7 days if the customer requests export plates because the plate certificate is also valid for 7 days
  9. If the customer does not have a traffic file: copy of the passport.

For companies

  1. Vehicle's documents: Vehicle Clearance Certificate (VCC) or reference number of the electronic Transfer Certificate or electronic Possession Certificate or electronic Change of Possession Certificate or Export certificate in case of re-exporting the vehicle
  2. Official letter from the company in Arabic
  3. Memorandum of Association translated into Arabic for LLC companies that carry out vehicle trading activities
  4. Vehicle's plates to hand over
  5. Report from the police if 1 or both plates were lost and if the plate number of the motorcycle was lost
  6. Vehicle technical inspection in case of an expired licence or a non-licensed vehicle or if the customer requests export plates
  7. Electronic redemption of the mortgage from the mortgagee in case of a mortgaged vehicle
  8. New insurance to issue export plates if the customer requests the exportation of vehicle under the name of another owner.
Service fees
  • 100 AED light vehicle
  • 100 AED vehicle between 3 and 12 tonnes
  • 100 AED vehicle exceeding 12 tonnes
  • 100 AED light mechanical equipment
  • 100 AED heavy mechanical equipment
  • 50 AED bus with a number of passengers between 14 and 26
  • 100 AED bus with a number of passengers exceeding 26
  • 100 AED motorcycle
  • 70 AED export plates
  • 350 AED changing ownership fees
  • +20 AED Knowledge and Innovation fees.
Process time
  • Website and Smart Application: Instantly
  • Customer Happiness Centres and Vehicle Registration and Inspection Centres: 5 minutes.
Process

Through Website

  1. The customer logs in using UAE Pass or logs in to his account on RTA website.
  2. The customer selects Licensing Services.
  3. The customer selects the service.
  4. The customer enters the required information.
  5. The customer ID is confirmed through the UAE Pass.
  6. The customer settles the required fees by credit card.
  7. The customer submits the plates at the centre and receives the receipts and the certificate electronically.

Through Dubai Drive app

  1. The customer logs in using his username and password.
  2. The customer selects Licensing Services.
  3. The customer selects My Vehicles (more).
  4. The customer enters the required information.
  5. The customer settles the fees by credit card.
  6. The customer hands over the plates at the centre and receives the electronic certificate through SMS and e-mail.

Through Customer Happiness Centres or Vehicle Registration and Inspection Centres

  1. The customer heads to the front desk employee.
  2. The employee sends a link to the customer.
  3. The customer uploads the required documents through the link.
  4. The customer receives the transaction code.
  5. The customer submits the transaction code to the front desk employee to complete the service process, check and electronically sign the application.
  6. The customer settles the required fees.
  7. The customer hands over the plates and receives the electronic certificate through SMS and e-mail.
  8. The customer receives the export plates upon request.
Average waiting time
  • Website and Smart Application: instantly.
  • Customer Happiness Centres and Vehicle Registration and Inspection Centres: 8 minutes.
Validity

According to the vehicle Licence certificate

What you will get
  • Export certificate with plates if the insurance was available
  • Export plates (blue plates) upon the customer's request in case of exporting the vehicle from Dubai to any other country.
Terms and conditions
  • The customer or the legal representative must be present in person.
  • The customer must have a selling agreement from an authorised dealer in Dubai in case the seller was unable to attend.
  • The customer is required to settle all the traffic fines before receiving this service.
  • In case of exporting the vehicle to the same owner with insurance, the remaining period of the insurance can be used to issue export plates if the vehicle was registered.
  • After using the certificate, the customer must immediately return the plates to RTA. The customer is not allowed to drive the vehicle.
  • The customer must open a traffic file if he doesn't have a file in Dubai.
  • The customer must add Salik tag on the plates.
  • The plates are subject to all the provisions of the traffic law with respect to fines and penalties.
  • The customer cannot drive the vehicle on internal roads. Driving the vehicle is only allowed on main roads leading in and out of the country.
  • This transaction can be performed online only if the vehicle was registered.
  • The customer can apply for this service through Dubai Drive application only if the vehicle is without export plates.
FAQs
  • Question 1: What is the procedure if the customer applies for the export certificate from Dubai and then changes his mind and decides to register the vehicle in another emirate?

Answer 1: The customer must visit the service centre to get a possession certificate to register the vehicle in another emirate.

  • Question 2: What is the procedure if the customer loses the export certificate and the certificate is expired and the vehicle is outside the UAE?

Answer 2: The customer must apply for a new export certificate.

  • Question 3: How can the customer check the chassis number if he doesn’t have the original export certificate to bring the vehicle to the UAE?

Answer 3: The customer should communicate with the UAE embassy and submit a copy of the export certificate in order to receive a letter from the embassy allowing him to proceed with the service.

  • Question 4: Is it mandatory to test the chassis to renew the vehicle export certificate?

Answer 4: If the vehicle was licensed and its ownership not expired, there is no need to test the chassis to export it, with or without export plates.

If the vehicle was not licensed or registered and was expired, the system requests a chassis test, with or without plates.

  • Question 5: What are the inspection fees to export a heavy vehicle?

Answer 5: If the vehicle is owned by an individual, a chassis test must be undertaken and the fee is 35 AED. If the vehicle is owned by a company, a technical test must be undertaken and the fee is 130 AED.

  • Question 6: The export certificate expires and the customer has not exported the vehicle yet. What are the fines to be paid if the customer registers the vehicle without renewing the certificate?

Answer 6: There aren’t any fines, but the customer cannot renew the certificate, but must have a new insurance to export the vehicle via Dubai Customs.

  • Question 7: Is the resident allowed to issue an export vehicle if the residence visa has expired?

Answer 7: No, the resident must have a valid visa.

  • Question 8: Is the personal presence of the export plates owner and the export certificate along with the person who will be driving the vehicle outside the country mandatory?

Answer 8: Yes, the personal presence is mandatory.

  • Question 9: Is it possible to export a vehicle with window tinting films?

Answer 9: The new law requires the removal of the window tinting films before exporting the vehicle.

  • Question 10: What is the procedure if the customer imports a vehicle from abroad and decides to sell it before registering it or even decides to register it in another emirate?

Answer 10: If the company imports a vehicle, it may transfer its ownership. If an individual imports a vehicle, he can request a Vehicle Clearance Certificate to register it in any emirate.

  • Question 11: What is the procedure if the customer has an export certificate which is valid for 15 days only and it expires?

Answer 11: A chassis test is required.

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